dory

noun

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do·ry | \ ˈdȯr-ē

plural dories

Definition of dory

: a flat-bottomed boat with high flaring sides, sharp bow, and deep V-shaped transom

Examples of dory in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Decor items include historic artifacts like the oars and tiller from a dory used in shipwreck rescues and various lanterns on loan from the Coast Guard. — Arielle Dollinger, House Beautiful, 3 June 2021 In 1966 then British paratroopers John Ridgway and Chay Blyth became the second team ever to row across the Atlantic in an open dory—braving storms, cold and near starvation. — Luc-christophe Guillerm, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2021 Was everything hunky dory until Snowball Earth after all? — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 28 May 2020 Our hero, heart pumping, has been pulling his dory through the water. — Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2020 At the dawn of the 20th century, Lowell’s was producing 1,500 to 2,000 dories a year. — Brian Macquarrie, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2019 The Nets obviously had a summer to be proud of, but not everything is hunky dory as the season approaches. — Rohan Nadkarni, SI.com, 25 Sep. 2019 Now a relic, dories were for centuries the workhorses of the fishing fleets. — Billy Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2019 Hickman even brings his old dory to complete the experience. — Emily Toomey, Smithsonian, 23 July 2019

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